Will the real Lupin please stand up...

[Chuck]

No: HPFGUIDX 59062

> The switching theory is not predicated on the fact that 
> anyone should or should not have approached Harry before age 
> 11, or even while at Hogwarts, or even had something better to 
> do at the time.  It simply falls into the known facts fairly well.  
> Again this is all logical for why Lupin didn't approach Harry 
> before he came to Hogwarts as DADA teacher, but it doesn't 
> explain his reactions to Harry at times in PoA.

Therefore, it's not the "only" logical reason.  My beef is with the 
word, "only."  Not the theory in general.

> What if Harry 
> doesn't get <everything back>?  What if he loses his father 
> again?  He has brief elation that his Dad is still alive but 
tragedy 
> soon follows and he loses him again, reinforcing the <profound 
> message that loss is permanent>.

But, in this case, there is no permanence.  He lost him again.  Why 
can't he regain him again?

Dead should be dead (not ghost dead that is).

Chuck